Entrepreneurs are usually a creative bunch, with dozens of ideas and opportunities. If you struggle with productivity due to distractions and projects, you may need to find a way to bring focus to your life. Productivity isn’t about working more hours, but about structuring your time to maximize your workload. It’s about making choices to prioritize your time. By saying yes to one idea, you’re automatically saying no to other things. Having a method to remember your priorities can help you prioritize the right yeses.

Imagine Your Time as Shelves in a Pyramid

Think of a pyramid and divide it into three to four tiers. The largest tier is for your biggest priority. For most people, that is a job that you rely on to make money. The other two to three tiers might be school, family, a passion project, or side hustle. You decide your priorities in life. Now you have a system in which to put your projects. You fill the spots. When something comes along and wants to fill one of those spots, you can decide whether to set that project aside or set a different project aside. You’re forced to decide whether the new opportunity is worth putting something you’ve already determined to be a priority aside. When you focus on your priorities, your productivity increases.

How Do You Prioritize Your Time?

We all go through seasons when our priorities change. You may have to swap out a side hustle for elder care when a parent gets sick. The pyramid can help remind you what your priorities are, so you can focus on what is important to you at the time. You don’t have to chase every opportunity to be successful. You just have to focus your time to be productive.

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